The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-04-28
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Needs no st!y;erfuyc or disguise. II does not
r,,in The light for fear of Justice. II Is frank
| and oacn in ita intercourse with the world.
/ and takes the responsibility. To correct 4
I statement in our paper Of last week that the
/ Information in he case ~ tho State Of Iowa
vs. FL Slender was sworn to by Nr. Elwood.
we publish: the information itself, showing
that il WAC sworn TO by Frank Papnch, and not
by Mr. Eivood. bu. in Elwood's interest. That
information filed In the case known rs 1914 In
the district court. IL rs folows:
| In Justice Court Howard county Iowa,
state Of Iowa, J Before Vim wilbraham p
/ vs. IN and for Vernon Springs
Ed slender dcf't. Township Information.
The defendant FL Slender Is accused Of the
crime Of obtaining property by false prctcn-
sea. for that the said defendant did on or about
September 2sd 1881 in Howard County State
Of Iowa, state and represent falsely and fraud
ulcntly, to one Frank Papach that he had been
sent and authorized by ono x. E!wood. to de-
n,and and receive from the said Papach one.
| third ct the grain harvested on the z y Sec
| 10, In town % north of range ~, In Howard
| Co iowa, then In the possession OF said Papach
the following properly. and Of tho value to-wit.
| about eighteen bushels OF wheat, worth about
| 50 cents per blisiiel. or $500.
Abou. two hundred and ninteen bushels Of
oats wort., about IS cents per bushcl, or &3o42.
About ti.irt.-threc bushels OF timothy seed
worth about SLID per bushcl, or $3.50. and
| that the said slender 30 made said false repre-
sensations and demanded. and received said
property for the purpose Of defrauding the
said Frank Papach and the said X Elwood. and
that the same were In violation Of the Equity
,nt> A
and approved Frank Papach.
state Of Iowa
Howard Co.
Frank Papach being duly sworn; says he 10
the person making the foregoing complaint or
information. that he has heard said informa-
ton road knows the contents thereof. and
that the statements therein contained are true
rs he verify believes. Frank Papach.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this tenth
day of October A d 1854.
Notary Public In and for Howard county Iowa.
Filed Oct 10 1854 at 40 IN. VIM Wilbrahem
JP.
Filed october II, 1884. Vim Theophiue, clerk
Of circuit and district court.
We should have been glad TO have published
the testimony in the case, taken before the
Grand Jury. but the clerk questions his right
to allow our attorney to make copy for our
use, therefore the facts disclosed by this tes-
timony are not obtainabe for publication.
The gentleman whom we first sent to aScer-
tain and report the facts in this case, says that
the evidence s,istains the statement that Mr..
Elwood, Was the real party in interest, and
that the proceed ings were for his benefit alone
The information alleges that Ell Slender
demanded and received the property for the
purpose of defrauding the said X Elwood. The
evidence before the grand jury showed that
Ewood's clam was fraudulent. that Slender
had the full. just, and legal title to tho crops
as shown in our former article, and hence the
indictment was ignored We have no person.
al hostility toward Mr.. Eiwood, more than VIC
have to any Of the monopoies or syndicates
that wrong the public, and we criticise him, rs
we do them In the interest Of that public
whose welfare every faithf ] journalist should
defend as against individual friendships. Mr..
E.wood threatens to prosecute the PLAIN
DEALER, for its article of last week. Let him
do 1t IL he will. We do not shrink from
n full investigation Of his connection with the
matters In our article Of last week, and wo
believe an abundance of evidence can be
aslduced to show that the information In the
Slender case was at his instigayion. la his in-
terest, and that upon this false cla:a, he was
seeking to obtain possession of and title to $. en-
dcr,s CT o land that Eiwood hal no right to that
or to the land. except quit claim decd to
enable Elwood the more readily to sell and
himself and Mr.. Slender.